Entries from Churchward 1959 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1959). Tongan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tongan | Kaafanga | Shackle for the feet, made of fau bark, used by beginners when learning to climb coconut trees |
| Tongan | Ngaʔa | Fish sp. |
| Tongan | Pongia | Faint, collapse, swoon, lose consciousness, have a 'blackout' |
| Tongan | Hiki | To edge (a kie) with red feathers or other such decoration |
| Tongan | Hiki | To copy, to quote |
| Tongan | Huu | To sue for mercy, apologize and ask for pardon; make supplication; pray, worship |
| Tongan | Tafenga, tafeʔanga | Place or gutter, etc., where something flows |
| Tongan | Kimaua | 1 exc. du., us,we |
| Tongan | Kitaua | 1 inc. du., us, we |
| Tongan | Te | C.p., 1 inc. sg., one, I |
| Tongan | Hake | To go up, especially from the sea to the land; to go or come ashore; (esp. of fish) to be washed ashore; (of river) to rise |
| Tongan | Pea | And, and then, and next |
| Tongan | Ko ia | That's it, that being so (therefore), etc. |
| Tongan | Ko ia ai | That being so, therefore |
| Tongan | Ena | That, those Problematic |
| Tongan | Te | (Immediately before a pronominal subj.) or ‘e (elsewhere), sign of future tense, or merely a predicative sign |
| Tongan | ʔI, ʔia, ʔiate | Preposition locative: at, on, in, during, with, in the charge of, about, of/among, for (the space or period of) |
| Tongan | Heʔeku | My (definite, subjective). (form used after ki, 'i, 'e, mei) |
| Tongan | ʔEku | My (definite) |
| Tongan | (H)e | Definite article, the; or untranslatable |
| Tongan | Hoʔo/ho | Second person singular possessive pronoun A-class |
| Tongan | (He)ʔene | Third person singular possessive A-class |
| Tongan | Hono | Third person singular objective possessive ordinary form |
| Tongan | Meʔi | Small quantity of; piece or bit of Phonologically Irregular |
| Tongan | Huli | Shoot, sprout, twig, or sucker; scion, descendant; to send out shoots or suckers |
| Tongan | ʔOhifo | Take, send, pass or hand down |
| Tongan | (Kato) polopola | Coconut leaf basket |
| Tongan | Huo | A hoe; clear of weeds with a spade or hoe |
| Tongan | Pui/pui | Curtain, blind |
| Tongan | Pui/pui/ʔi | Provide with a curtain or blind; curtain off |
| Tongan | Fakaʔosi | To finish or complete; to conclude, finish off; to settle, finalize; to use up, exhaust, use, spend or expend all of |
| Tongan | Fakaʔosi | Last, final, concluding |
| Tongan | Fakafula | Causative of fula (to swell) |
| Tongan | Fakatoo | Cause to fall, let fall; cause a child to be born prematurely; lay (an egg) |
| Tongan | Fakatoo | To commit suicide by falling from a height; (of an aeroplane) to land |
| Tongan | Fakahuhu | To suckle |
| Tongan | Fakaiki/iki | To cut or break into small pieces; to examine or explain in detail |
| Tongan | Fakauu | To shelter, provide with refuge or shelter (esp. from wind or rain); to take shelter, seek or find refuges (esp. from wind or rain) |
| Tongan | Taafili | To roll over on one side or the other |
| Tongan | Fulufulu-ʔi-(lau)mata | Eyelashes |
| Tongan | Ta/tae | To reach to...with the outstretched hand; to reach or grasp or comprehend mentally |
| Tongan | Faka/to/tonu | Straighten |
| Tongan | Fakatonu/tonu | Make straight, correct, rectify, redresss |
| Tongan | Fakatonu | To interpret (e.g. a speech) |
| Tongan | Fakatonu/hia | Hold or declare innocent; justify; acquit |
| Tongan | Fakatupu | To cause to grow |
| Tongan | Fakatupu | To cause to come into existence; produce, originate, generate...create, beget, cause |
| Tongan | Fakatupu/tupu/langi | Very high or tall |
| Tongan | Mate | To 'almost die' with, to be overcome or carried away with (laughter, weeping, desire, sleepiness, fear, etc.) |
| Tongan | Maasila | Sharp |
